Actinic lentigines from Japanese and European volunteers share similar impaired biological functions

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BACKGROUND: Hyperpigmented spots develop earlier and with a higher incidence in Asian individuals compared with Europeans. Although actinic lentigines (AL) are very common, the biological events underlying their formation remain ill-defined. OBJECTIVE: AL from Japanese volunteers were characterized through morphological and gene expression analyses. Data were then compared with published data on European...

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